It’s definitely T-Shirt weather for one fan in the Olympic Park (Picture: Reuters)

Brits back home may be hankering down from fierce Atlantic storms and reeling from mass flooding but over in southern Russia the sun has most definitely got his hat on.

It has already prompted Games chiefs to break out snow stored from last winter, especially at the slushy mountain venues in Krasnaya Polyana.

Two lads lap up the rays at a Black Sea beach with the Olympic Park visible in the background (Picture: EPA)

The temperature soared to a balmy 63 degrees (17c) on Wednesday, prompting Olympic visitors to grab some welcome rays on benches outside the venues. Forecasts say the heatwave will continue over Thursday and Friday before dipping to 61 (16 Celsius) on Saturday.

Then again, it’s nothing unusual and geography buffs will probably be aware this part of Russia has one foot in the sub-tropical climate zone.

Average temperatures here rarely plunge to the depths of elsewhere in the country and during World War II the city was even used as a convalescing base for injured Russians soldiers injured on the freezing Eastern Front.

Wish you were here? A refreshing dip as temperatures soar in Sochi (Picture EPA)

Yuri Valyeyev, a resident of Bryansk, between Sochi and Moscow, who came to the City to work in construction during the Olympic summed up the mood.

‘Being a Russian I am very glad because everywhere in Russia is cold and here is warm,’ he said. Nice one Yuri.